Miss Florence Walls, dietitian and manager of the dormitory dining rooms of Iowa State College at Ames has a real job.

The passage of the bill, February 24,1925, providing funds for research in Agriculture and Home Economics commonly known as the Purnell Bill, marks a very definite milestone in the progress of Home Economics in our Land Grant Colleges. For the first time by federal grant funds have been set aside definitely for research in Home Economics. Up to this time some research, limited rather generally to foods and nutrition, has been carried on in the larger institutions, but we have had neither staffs qualified in experience or training, not funds to promote much serious research. The Home Economics leaders the country over realized that our teaching must of necessity be based upon careful research of the problems which have to do with the home. The problems entailed in feeding the family demands a knowledge of scientific facts in foods and nutrition. The modern household must be run on as much of an efficiency basis as is commensurate with home ideals. This demands careful study, investigation and research in equipment, in the expenditure of time, energy and money.

Get my jars filled" is not infrequently the main goal of the housewife in the summer and especially in the fall, during the latter part of the canning season.

Table of Contents

The Purnell Bill by Anna E. Richardson, page 1

Living in a Cooperative House by Helen Bascom, page 2

The Lure of a Shawl, page 3

Your Five Foot Shelf, page 4

With the Iowa State Home Economics Association by Mrs. Fred E. Ferguson, page 6

Editorial, page 7

4-H Page, page 8

Eternal Question, page 10

Pleasing the Tastes of 800 Girls by Frances Jones, page 11

Planning for Canning by Kathern Ayres, page 12

Who’s There and Where by Cleo Fitzsimmons, page 14

The 4-H club exhibit room on the ground floor of the Women's and Children's building, State Fair grounds, was one of the most attractive centers on the whole grounds.